United Nations in India United Nations in the India is led by the UN Resident Coordinator‚ Mr. Patrice Coeur-Bizot‚ who is the designated representative of the UN Secretary General and leader of the UN Country Team. The UN Country Team‚ which consists of Heads of UN Agencies‚ steers the work of the UN within India. The Resident Coordinator mechanism focuses on Joint Programmes‚ Teams (security‚ disaster‚ operations‚ AHI)‚ Advocacy with national and provincial elected representatives‚ UNDAF
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INTRODUCTION Online retailers have risen to the economic challenges of the last three years‚ reporting substantial year-over-year improvements in 2011 over solid 2010 results. And although they continue to face the challenges of navigating the changing world of commerce in a fragile economy‚ online retailers appear to have a better grasp of managing multiple touchpoints‚ the latest crazes‚ and demanding consumer expectations. Consumer sentiment is lukewarm at best‚ and with more shoppers dipping
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Many terms have been used in connection with conceptual contexts for research‚ including theories‚ Models‚ frameworks‚ schemes and maps. There is some overlap in how these terms are being used‚ partly because they are used differently by different writers‚ partly because they are interrelated. Theories The term theory is used in many ways. For example‚ nursing instructors and students frequently use the term to refer to the content covered in classrooms‚ as opposed to the actual practice of
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History 141 Freedom and Slavery The United States promotes that freedom is a right deserved by all humanity. Throughout the history of America the government has found ways to deprive selected people this right by race‚ gender‚ class and in other ways as well for its own benefit. This is a boundary of freedom. Boundaries of freedom outline who is able to enjoy their freedom and who isn’t. These people alter with time and as history unfolds. Slavery and the journey of their freedom was a big
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established on the African coast. These were African people captured by other Africans and transported to the western coast of Africa. Spain soon followed. Throughout the 15th century‚ Arab traders in northern Africa shipped African people taken from central Africa to markets in Arabia‚ Iran‚ and India. With the rise of the slave trade to the Americas‚ wars over the control of African commerce became more intense. During the four centuries of the slave trade‚ millions of Africans fell victim to this
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ENLIGHTENMENT The Enlightenment (1687-1789) was one factor that paved the way for the abolition of slavery. According to Lamm and Cross (1993) in The Humanities in Western Culture‚ this remarkable period ‘was a self-conscious and extremely articulate movement that was to transform all Western societies. It had its roots in France and England‚ but its branches extended throughout Europe and into the New World.’ People started to question the Church as well as the status quo. Franklin Knight in “The
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ASSIGNMENT OF Marketing Management ON Emerging marketing terminology Submitted to: - Submitted by:- Dr. B.B.Singla Inderpreet singh MBA-GB (2ndSem) 120426480 New Marketing
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The Size and Economic Impact of the Hospitality and Tourism industry: Tourism is a massive industry in New Zealand. It has a major consequence on the rest of the economy from the employment it provides to a major percentage of the workforce (9.6% of the total workforce in New Zealand)‚ thereby contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The tourism growth in New Zealand is the outcome of the numerous of options that the hospitality industry offer visitors from all over the world. Some of
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Slavery Essay From the 17th century until the 19th century‚ almost twelve million Africans were brought to the New World against their will to perform back-breaking labour under terrible conditions. The British slave trade was eventually abolished in 1807 (although illegal slave trading would continue for decades after that) after years of debate‚ in which supporters of the trade claimed that it was not inhumane‚ that they were acting in the slaves’ benefit‚ etc. Slavery was a truly barbaric‚ and
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THE IMPACT OF US COTTON SUBSIDIES ON WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES American subsidies are endangering the agriculture of cotton in most of West Africa and other developing countries. In encouraging productions surplus and exportations dumping‚ those subsidies are decreasing the world price‚ which is at its lowest level since the great depression (Devarakonda). In the mean time‚ cotton producers in America are seeing a tremendous increase in their production surplus‚ due to the subsidies they
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